Third-generation Snapdragon Solutions Feature Two Application Processor Cores Running up to 1.2 GHz to Enable Advanced Smartphones

TAIPEI, Taiwan � Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of wireless technologies, products and services, announced the Company has sampled its first dual-CPU Snapdragon� chipsets. The Mobile Station Modem� (MSM�) MSM8260� and MSM8660� solutions integrate two of the Company�s enhanced cores running at up to 1.2GHz. Targeted at enabling high-end smartphones, the MSM8�60 solutions are third-generation chipsets from the Company�s expanded Snapdragon platform, which has been powering smartphones, tablets and smartbook devices in markets around the world.

�Qualcomm�s first-generation Snapdragon chipsets set a new standard for advanced smartphones and smartbook devices, and our second-generation solutions are already shipping in volume,� said Steve Mollenkopf, executive vice president of Qualcomm and president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. �We are very excited by the innovation our customers are already showing as they begin designing products based on our dual-core MSM8260 and MSM8660 chipsets.�

The MSM8260 for HSPA+ and MSM8660 for multi-mode HSPA+/CDMA2000� 1xEV-DO Rev. B feature two enhanced CPU cores running at up to 1.2GHz for high levels of Web application and multimedia performance, including a powerful GPU with 3D/2D acceleration engines for Open GLES 2.0 and Open VG 1.1 accelration, 1080p video encode/decode, dedicated low power audio engine, integrated low power GPS, and support for 24-bit WXGA 1280 x 800 resolution displays.

Qualcomm�s Snapdragon family of chipset solutions includes:
� First-generation products: QSD8�50� with 1GHz enhanced core
� Second-generation products: MSM8�55� and QSD8�50A� with 1GHz enhanced core, including multimedia optimizations and 1.3GHz enhanced core, respectively
� Third-generation products: MSM8260, MSM8660 and QSD8672 with dual-CPU architecture featuring enhanced cores running at up to 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz, respectively

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